Happy Valley - 2006 Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind is a creative problem-solving competition for students from K-12 to college. Through solving open-ended problems, students develop creative-thinking skills that can be applied to real-life situations. Both Happy Valley teams took 1st place in their respective State level competitions and will be joining teams from throughout the U.S. and more than 20 other countries. "Jungle Bloke" and "Ancient Egypt" teams of the world, you are hereby put on notice: we're coming to Iowa.

We have 14 kids from 12 families, 4 coaches and equipment to transport and house for almost a week in Ames, Iowa. Each family is going to be paying about a minimum of $1,200 per child plus the coaches' expenses. We've set our fund raising goal at $20,000 to help defray the costs of this endeavor. On top of that are mounting expenses for transport and housing of supporting parents and siblings, it's not difficult to imagine this becoming an expensive proposition!

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Love That Lemonade!

Today's lemonade sale went very well! A number of friends from the Happy Valley community stopped by for refreshments and to cheer the kids of the Odyssey of the Mind team on. A few brought along some very generous donations for which we are very grateful. As of today, the thermometer stands at $2563. This isn't enough to get the team to the World Finals in Ames, Iowa but we're closer than we were before!

             

posted by Omer @ 3:43 PM

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